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SUBMITTER: Dalpke AH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4609707 | biostudies-other | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Dalpke Alexander H AH Hofko Marjeta M Hamilton Fiona F Mackenzie Laura L Zimmermann Stefan S Templeton Kate K
Journal of clinical microbiology 20150819 11
We evaluated the performance of the BD Max StaphSR assay for the direct detection of Staphylococcus aureus from blood culture medium. In a two-center trial, 155 blood cultures from the BD Bactec FX system and 212 from the bioMérieux BacT/Alert system were tested; 170 bottles yielded S. aureus, and all were identified correctly by the BD Max StaphSR assay. The assay required approximately 2.5 h, thus allowing rapid identification of blood cultures flagged positive. ...[more]